photo taken by my son last week, as I went to gather dinner in the garden. He's lobbying for his own camera... and making a good case!
I'm off to go eat cake, dance under the stars, drink wine... and turn 40! All with my sweet family and good friends at my side. Doesn't seem so hard, yet! See you in my next decade... ahem... Monday. Happy weekend to you!
Happy, happy Birthday!! I hope you enjoy every minute of your celebratory weekend!
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ReplyDeletehappy birthday!!! that picture is beautiful!
ReplyDeletehave a lovely time xx
ReplyDeleteHave the best weekend an awesome birthday music festival can bring. The next decade will be spectacular!! All our love margie, ray and family, the three kitties and of course fern.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! It sounds like it's going to be a lovely one...
ReplyDeleteSweet and happy birthday wishes to you, Maya! Enjoy every wonderful moment. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the stones. All you need is a red hoody and you would seem to be on your way to grandma's. Happy birthday. Love to you. Anna
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to you!
ReplyDeleteThanks again for all the great stuff you share through this blog.
Always inspiring!
Cheers!
Fantastic attitude about your birthday! I have one coming up in a couple of weeks. Need to be more positive about it. Thanks for the reminder!! Happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteHave an awesome birthday! Loving this picture -
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! And your son has captured that very well, hasn't he.. How lovely.
ReplyDeleteYay! Happy birthday! 40 feels great. Just ate cake, drank wine, celebrated with friends myself. Here's to a beautiful weekend :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! I'll be dancing to celebrate my best friend's birthday this weekend, too - salsa dancing!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Wishing you health and happiness in your new decade.
ReplyDeleteAnd tell your son, "What a picture!" He has captured you looking so carefree yet on a mission.
If your son got that picture of you I think he needs his own camera. That is a good image. Just tell him to make sure he makes a million and loves what he does with it. :)
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo! Happy Forty! I can tell you that the forties are a great decade...
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. That's a great pic your son took. looks like the kid has talent -- I say yes he should get a camera ;)
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday maya. I hope that your birthday weekend is utterly gorgeous!
ReplyDeletehappy happy day, maya! enjoy your weekend and welcome to 40 :)
ReplyDeletep.s. i think your boy is making a good case for a camera.
Happy Birthday! I hope it is full of fun and frivolity!
ReplyDeletehappy birthday! i think of every birthday as a new beginning - so a new decade has even more potential.
ReplyDeleteand i have to agree that yes, your son is making quite the case for his own camera. great capture!
I hope your birthday is beautifully splendid! May all your wishes come true! :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! We cancer girls gotta make the most of these dreamy July birthdays!
ReplyDeleteThe music festival looks awesome. Have a great time.
ReplyDeleteHaPpy BiRtHdAy!
Have a beautiful birthday Maya!
ReplyDeleteHappiest of happy birthdays, Maya! You sound like you're ready to face the next decade (nearly a year on, I'm still struggling with the concept!).
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Maya! Have SO MUCH FUN celebrating your beautiful life!
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This is the most BEAUTIFUL photo I've seen lately, and that is saying a lot as I'm a Flickr-Lurker!
ReplyDeleteHapPY bIrtHdAy tO YoU!
Happy Birthday! :)
ReplyDeleteMy son wants a camera too, he's 8. Hubby and I think we might get him a digital for his birthday in September. ;)
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ReplyDeleteHAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAYA!
Such a happy way to enter such a happy and strong time of a woman's life.
happy birthday***
ReplyDeletehave a great time at the festival!
forty is fabulous!
i will have a little wine and chocolate in honor of you my nirvana friend. miss you!
ReplyDeleteHappiest of birthdays to you Maya!
ReplyDelete~ many blessings ~
Happy Birthday, Maya! I know it is your birthday, but I think you son has earned his camera. Great photo!
ReplyDeleteI'd say your son has a photographic eye! Happy happy birthday!
ReplyDeleteAh, it's my birthday weekend too. Happy 40th. My 40's were the best decade so far, so enjoy!
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous picture! Well done to your son. And happy birthday! I feel like every year gets better don't you?
ReplyDeleteJealous of the cute books and light sweater and all that lush green. We have been living in the UAE the last year, in the desert, and it has been unbearably hot lately AND has not rained for many months. I long for rain. But we're coming back home in 2 weeks! It better rain.
Ooooh my friend, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you, girl !
ReplyDeleteFourty marks the first third of your life ... wow. :) Wishing you two other thirds even more fun than the first one !
Have the most awesome time, my sweet friend. Will be thinking about you xoxoxoxo
Happy birthday - the forties are not so bad as they used to be .....
ReplyDeleteI was going to stop by and tell you how fascinating I find your blog and then realized I could also wish you a happy birthday?! Nice :) I hope you had a great time and I thank you for being such an inspiring person. :)
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Happy Birthday! I'll be 40 next year. I'm looking forward to it. I hear it's great.
ReplyDeleteAnd your boy has a good eye. That's a great picture... and so clearly not one of your own. He's got his own voice already... how old is he?
Happy Birthday! 40 is good...and your 50's will be awesome. Trust me! (I know!) Great pic...he does deserve a camera!
ReplyDeletehere I go again on my own travelling down the only road I've ever known.... er... ahem thats going to be stuck in my head all day now..
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday! hope you have a lovely weekend!
Maya, wishing you the happiest of b-days...
ReplyDeletexoxox,
Gretchen (from Squam)
Have a wonderful celebration!
ReplyDeleteHave a Happy 40's Birthday!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday from one of your fellow fishies! :)
ReplyDeleteHope you had a lovely day.
Kris
forty and fabulous! happy birthday! i can't wait to turn 40. you'll have to tell me all about it.
ReplyDeleteMany happy returns of the day Maya!
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday sweet Maya! I hope all of your birthday wishes come true!!
ReplyDeletehappy, happy birthday and happy weekend
ReplyDeletegreat pic by your son :)
michelle
happy 40, it's not so bad, i just turned it 26 days ago, not that i am counting!
ReplyDeleteWishing you JOY! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my new blog!!! Your post was so sweet! And, I'm so happy to hear from you, your blog is one of my fav's. :)
ReplyDeletePS - I still remember the first camera I got when I was a kid... so, I'm all for your son getting his own camera!!!
he deserves a camera, what a lovely shot, really atmospheric! and congrats to your new decade, you are so young, a decade less than me, you lucky one!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday dear Maya! It sounds grand (and being 40-ish myself, I say you're in for a great decade! xo
ReplyDeleteHappy 40th birthday Maya. Fabulous and forty - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteElise
Happy happy Birthday Maya... it's all good on the other side of the big FOUR OH!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a wonderful birthday weekend.
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Happy, happy, happy birthday.
ReplyDeleteMuitos parabéns
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Oh, I missed it! I hope it was an awesome celebration.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Maya!!! Tons of happiness for you!
ReplyDeleteohhh...I wish I had to walk as far as you do to your garden! what a glorious yard you have! happy birthday to you!
ReplyDeletewow..there's a lotta comments here maya! so much internet love for the birthday girl:) xx
ReplyDeletehappy birthday, dear, sweet Maya. Every time I visit you here, I'm reminded of how lucky I am to have met you at Squam. lots & lots of LOVE to you as you enter your new decade, and, well, always.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Maya,
ReplyDeletegreat photo!
Happy belated birthday! I had mine on Sunday. The 40th, too. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy, happy birthday to you, a little late! I hope you had the most beautiful day, it is my turn next March, 40 is a milestone in many ways of course but a rather wonderful one I think?
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Well Happy Belated Birthday Maya! I hope it was the *best* one yet!
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